India, Feb. 10 -- The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Monday announced a major restructuring of the global calendar from 2027, unveiling an expanded World Tour, higher prize money and new competition formats aimed at accelerating the sport's global growth. This follows the extension of BWF's long-term deal through to 2034 with broadcast and commercial partner Infront announced last year.

Under the new framework, the number of TV-produced badminton matches will double from 1,410 to approximately 3,000 across all BWF tournaments. Central to the reforms is a revamped BWF World Tour featuring 36 tournaments organised within a six-tier structure: the World Tour Finals, five Super 1000 events, five Super 750, nine Super 500, eight Super 30...